Cochlear Implants In Sound And Fury

I firmly believe that the cochlear implant operation should be able to be performed on young children even though they cannot give consent. After watching Sound and Fury multiple times, I can see why some people would not want themselves or their children to receive cochlear implants. They have a fear that they would abandon the deaf culture and they would lose their deaf identity. However, this movie has also given me more insight on the advantages of receiving a cochlear implant and how important it is to receive it at a young age. In the movie, one of the twins receives the cochlear implant as an infant whereas the main character, Heather, does not receive it until around nine years old. After watching the movie, I then watched a TED talk that Heather presented when she was in her twenties. Although she was able to talk and you could understand the majority of what she was saying, her speech would have been much
better if she received a cochlear implant earlier in life. In the Technology and Deaf Culture video, John Wheeler states that, “If a child is five years old and gets a cochlear implant, statistically, it wont benefit as much as an infant who gets them”. This further exhibits how crucial is it for someone with a hearing disability to receive a cochlear implant as an infant rather than waiting and receiving one when they are older. Although infants may not be able to give consent on getting a cochlear implant, I believe that it is their parents job to provide the best for their children which would be allowing them receive the implant.
I just think about when I become a mother and if my child was born deaf, I would want my child to receive cochlear implants so they would be able to hear. Furthermore, when watching Sound and Fury, I saw the struggles the Artinian family faced by being deaf. It was hard to communicate with others outside of the deaf community, there was a glass ceiling for jobs and they felt as if they were constantly being judged by society. I would not want to see my child go through the struggles they had to go through because they are deaf. As a parent, your role is to provide the best possible life that you can for your children. So if you have a chance to let your child hear, why would you not do it? With all of this in mind, I truly believe that the cochlear implant operation should be able to be performed on infants even though they are unable to give
consent.
Also, FYI Sound and Fury IS on Youtube! Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdIoSNwNfVs